The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland

by Daithi O HOgain

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The first modern study of prehistoric religion in Ireland to draw on the combined evidence of archaeology, literature and folklore to illuminate practice and belief from the earliest human habitation in the island down to the advent of Christianity in the fifth century AD.
An excellent book... a highly accessible and lively assessment of continuity and change in belief and religion from pre-Celtic times through to the arrival of St Patrick. ...Afine book and to be recommended to a wide readership, especially to all those who think that Irish history started in 1601. IRISH STUDIES REVIEW DAITHI O HOGAIN was Professor of Folklore at University College Dublin.
  • ISBN10 0851158560
  • ISBN13 9780851158563
  • Publish Date 4 October 2001 (first published 29 April 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Imprint The Boydell Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 272
  • Language English